Well, there's only one solution to this problem:

We have to invade Syria to liberate this poor blogger. After all, America must solve all the problems of the world, since we are the only beacon of morality, justice, and freedom.

Mr. Hamden has been in custody for who knows how long now, still waiting for a hearing. I got to read his case this semester, but there he sits, in Cuba. Prosecutors are walking off the job because they are being forced to pursue trumped-up charges in kangaroo courts so we can pretend we are justified in detaining these "terrorists," most of whom (from Afganistan, at least) were handed to us by our allies in the region, who may or may not be international drug dealers.

But we are better than them. Yes, we are. Just keep repeating that.

Friedman laments that "Team America" -- that's really what he calls it -- "is losing on just about every front."

Friedman is a tool. People should be forwarding these clips to him until he's too embarrassed to appear in person anywhere again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1f8wYZR-zM&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0xo3kRR3X8&NR=1

Sorry if someone already beat me to this.

Salon's war in Iran is like a disease with no symptoms, cause or cure.

...read like a comic book?

Green Lantern ("more will power"), Superman ("the American way"), Batman ("bring it on"), etc.

If I wanted the JLA to govern America, I'd ask for more colorful tights.

(In this analogy, Friedman plays the part of the Simpsons' Comic Book Guy; I can almost hear him hiss: Worst. Policy. Ever.)

I promised to be a land-lover today The good news is : Glenn is helping to curb the bloody world carnage's. Cut the violence in half? Stop one neocon from gasping with fright. The reaper swings the sharp scythe!

from Virgil, Aeneid. V11,

`At first gale whips up the foam-topped wavelets, then little by little the sea begins to heave, the billows roll and the sea surges from the deep to the very heavens.`

Nature gets angry. The world of Tom F. is a fantasy.? The nightmare. Yes.

The GOP economy of world consumption and globalization is slow suicide.

Best.

Post.

EVAR.

Just beyond the Islamic "rivers of rage" that Tom Friedman discovered lie lands we currently call Europe and Japan, although I'm sure Rob will soon weigh in with the ancient names. Here are what a few of its leaders have to say about the causes of 9/11:

Andreas von Buelow, Ph.D., Former State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defense of West Germany, and former Minister of Research & Technology:

The official story [19 Arab hijackers with box cutters and Cessna ratings] is so inadequate and far-fetched there must be another one . . . . This [9/11 attacks] is unthinkable without years-long support from secret apparatuses of the state and industry.

Francesco Cossiga, President of Italy (1985-1992) and former Prime Minister:

. . . all of the democratic areas of America and of Europe, with the Italian center-left in the forefront, now know full well that the disastrous attack was planned and executed by the American CIA [to] falsely incriminate Arabic countries and to persuade the Western Powers to intervene in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Yukihisa Fujita, Member, House of Councillors, National Diet of Japan; Director, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense:

On January 10, 2008, Fujita gave a 40-minute presenation on the House floor debunding the official version of 9/11 and demanding that Japan investigate the murder of its citizens on 9/11. [translation available upon request]

Paul Hellyer, Former Minister of National Defense of Canada, former Deputy Prime Minister:

The inquiry has been very shallow, very superficial. I would like to see a much tougher, more in-depth inquiry. We have to try and get the truth . . . I hope that somebody has the courage and persistence to keep at it until we get it.

And there are others, including British MP Michael Meacher, that will not be reported in the American mainstream press because the goal is obviously just what Friedman says it is--to keep the U.S. on a war footing. And Friedman's inconsistencies that Glenn points out? Not the issue. Nada problem. Tom "Six More Months" Friedman graduated magna cum laude from Operation Mockingbird.

But, then, America and this administration could never do such things!

Nice work dismantling Friedman, Glenn. He's a disgusting little nerd, a war cheerleader in the mode of Joe Lieberman and the other neo-cons. Put any of them in a war zone and they'd wet themselves.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/14/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Blogger.php

I blame America, Israel, the west, capitalism, Starbucks, white people and of course all the Jews.

'f`ing A. You get a A. A 'A' for use of the 'F' word in a sacred manner. Thank you. mystimom.

If my mom was still alive, she write about sowing oats. If you helped clean out Mom's closet, wonder, respect, and observe the little treasure she hoarded, wow. You'd have cried sweet tears. 'um are good tears.

No alligators tears can fool a Mom. I have a 3 X 5 index card with nothing but silly red lip stick kisses on one side.

Mom left it on Dad's pillow one morning with a brief note. Dad saved it. I got a copy of it. Mom signed it, 'All my love, F.

U.S. Colonel Says Iran Is Assassinating Iraqi Officials

By Ann Scott Tyson

Washington Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, May 14, 2008; Page A12

Iran has also armed large numbers of militia members in Iraqi cities such as Basra, Diwaniyah, Nasiriyah and Sadr City, in Baghdad, training many in the use of the "most effective" Iranian weapons, including long-range rockets and a lethal form of roadside bomb known as an explosively formed projectile, or EFP, McMaster said. Iran has denied playing such a role in Iraq.

McMaster said it was unrealistic to expect "linear progress" in the war in Iraq. He cautioned that recent improvements in security could be compromised if the U.S. military withdraws too quickly. "The war in Iraq doesn't end if we leave prematurely, it gets worse," he said.

NOTE: This is a truncated version of a seven-paragraph article in the Post.